B.S., Murray State University, Biology and History, 1969, M.S., Murray State University, Biology, 1975; PhD, Ohio State University, 1980
Known for
Botanist and curator
Awards
Queensland Fellowship (2001)
Society of Systematic Biologists President’s Award for Service (2002)
National Museum of Natural History Science Achievement Award (2006)
National Museum of Natural History Science Achievement Award (2009)
Secretary's Award for Excellence in Collaboration (2009)
International Association for Plant Taxonomy Stebbins' Medal (2010)
Smithsonian's Secretary's Award for Outstanding Publication (2012)
Rolf Dahlgren Prize (2014)
American Society of Plant Taxonomists Asa Gray Lifetime Achievement Award (2018)
Linnean Medal (2019)
Scientific career
Institutions
New York Botanical Garden, Smithsonian Institution, George Mason University, Duke University
Theses
A Floristic and Geologic Survey of Selected Seeps of Calloway County, KY.
The Systematics of Montanoa Cerv. (Asteraceae)
Author abbrev. (botany)
V.A.Funk
Vicki Ann Funk (November 26, 1947 – October 22, 2019) was an American botanist and curator at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History, known for her work on members of the composite family (Asteraceae) including collecting plants in many parts of the world, as well as her synthetic work on phylogenetics and biogeography.[1][2][3]
^"Botany Staff - Vicki Funk". Smithsonian National Museum of Natural HIstory. 2015. Retrieved March 27, 2015.
^"Thistles and Sunflowers". The Science Show. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. May 27, 2000. Retrieved March 27, 2015.
^"Funk, Victoria Ann (Vicki) (1947-) on". Global Plants on JSTOR. Retrieved March 27, 2015.
Vicki Ann Funk (November 26, 1947 – October 22, 2019) was an American botanist and curator at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History, known...
number of distinct clades. In 2017 VickiFunk combined Mexican species of Gochnatia into a new genus Nahuatlea. Funk concluded that the genus is a sister...
nodding woolly flower head, and additionally honors Ackerfield's mentor VickiFunk, who was also described as funky. The funky thistle can be differentiated...
Gymnarrhenoideae and tribe Gymnarrheneae were erected in 2009 by Jose Panero and VickiFunk to accommodate the isolated position of Gymnarrhena that is suggested...
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Kamaljit S Bawa, Jeremy Holloway [Wikidata], and Sophien Kamoun 2019: VickiFunk and Samuel T. Turvey [de] 2020: Ben Sheldon and Juliet Brodie [Wikidata]...
County". Murray Ledger and Times. 2019-09-24. Retrieved 2023-08-14. "Vicki Ann Funk, influential Smithsonian botanist, dies at 71". The Plant Press. Retrieved...
California. Active from 1966 to 1983, they were pivotal in the development of funk, soul, R&B, rock, and psychedelic music. Their core line-up was led by singer-songwriter...
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of Gochnatia were then combined into a new genus Nahuatlea, by VickiFunk in 2017. Funk suggested that the genus originated from South America in a dispersal...
the article Whatever happened to Bishopanthus, along with co-writers VickiFunk and Harold E. Robinson, in the botanical journal PhytoKeys. In the same...
85 (2): 242–256. doi:10.2307/2992008. JSTOR 2992008. Jose L. Panero; Vicki A. Funk (2002-12-30). "Toward a phylogenetic subfamilial classification for...
Stuessy, T.F. (2020), The classification of the Compositae: A tribute to Vicki Ann Funk (1947–2019). Taxon, 69: 807-814. https://doi.org/10.1002/tax.12235 F...
Simon, Elton John, The O'Jays, Vicki Lawrence, The Edgar Winter Group, Wings, Jim Croce, Maureen McGovern, Stories, Grand Funk, Gladys Knight & the Pips,...
soul and funk singer, songwriter, musician, record producer, bandleader and talent dedicated, who played a part in the development of soul and funk music...
" 2021: Elizabeth Kellogg 2020: Jeff Doyle 2019: Lucinda McDade 2018: VickiFunk 2017: Michael Donoghue 2016: Peter F. Stevens 2015: Warren Lambert Wagner...
known for working with James Brown in the 1970s and for the influential 1972 funk single, "Think (About It)". A favorite among hip hop, R&B, and dance music...
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S2CID 89115861 – via ResearchGate. Funk, Vicki A.; Fragman-Sapir, Ori (2009). "22. Gymnarrheneae (Gymnarrhenoideae)" (PDF). In V.A. Funk; A. Susanna; T. Stuessy;...
Silver Convention's "Fly, Robin, Fly" (1975) and "Get Up and Boogie" (1976); Vicki Sue Robinson's "Turn the Beat Around" (1976); and "More, More, More" (1976)...
2006) was an American singer, dancer and musician. The central progenitor of funk music and a major figure of 20th-century music, he is referred to by various...
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